Five fun things to do on Christmas Eve

Spend some quality family time by doing these entertaining things on Christmas Eve to help count down the hours to Christmas Day:

1. Make some mini gingerbread houses. They are adorable and easy to make, which makes it a perfect activity to do with your kids. For the recipe, visit https://honestlyyum.com/7527/mini-gingerbread-houses/.

2. Instead of making the usual gingerbread cookies, spice things up a bit and make large gingerbread people – representing your real life friends and family – and give them to each individual as a Christmas gift.

3. Are you ready to start a Christmas tradition the whole family will enjoy? This tradition is based on the popular movie The Polar Express and is a fun adventure. Start by hiding golden tickets in your kids’ beds and while one parent starts the usual bedtime routine, the other one prepares bags of popcorn and hot chocolate drinks to be placed in the car. The children are then taken on a drive through the neighbourhood to watch the Christmas lights while playing some Christmas music.

4. Make sure everyone in the family has some special Christmas Eve pajama pants to wear – don’t forget the Christmas theme – while counting down to Christmas. Start a family tradition of receiving and wearing new pajamas every Christmas Eve.

5. Make a fun, curly-toed Christmas stocking and fill it with treats to bring holiday cheer to all.

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